Suspenders.



No. 877,516. PATENTED JAN. 28, 1908.

W. R. OPPBNHEIMER.

SUSPENDBRS. APPLICATION FILE1 APR.11.1907.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFI WILLIAMR. OPPENHElMER, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

SUSPENDERS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 28, 1908.

Application filed April 11. 1907. Serial r fsemsv.

siding at Philadelphia, county of Philadelj phia, and State ofPennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Suspenders,of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description,reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part ofthis specification.

The object of my invention is the production of suspenders in which theshoulder straps are free to adjust themselves to the wearer and move andreadjust themselves to the movements of the body of the wearer withoutvarying or moving the garment securing device or the garment to whichthey are attached. Speaking generally, I accomplish this result byconnecting the holder for the garment securing device and the shoulderstraps by means of a cord or any other material which is so connectedwith the shoulder straps that the shoulder straps are movable along itso as to accommodate themselves to the movement of the wearer withoutaffecting the garment securing device. Preferably this arrangement isformed by means of a cord, the free ends of which are connected with theholder for the garment securing device and pass through orificedprojections secured to the shoulder straps and through an orifice in thegarment securing device holder.

will first describe the embodiment of my invention as illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and then point out the invention in the claims.

In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of suspender shoulderstraps with my invention applied thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective viewshowing a pair of suspenders adapted for summer us with my inventionapplied thereto.

peaking of Fig. 1 a a are the shoulder straps. b b are loops secured tothe end of each shoulder strap. 0 c are projections pivoted at d to saidloops and having orifices e. f is the holder for the garment securing Idevice, having the orifice g. In the form shown in Fig. 1, the garmentconnecting device is a cord h formed with loops i to engage buttons onthe garment and which cord it passes through the orifice g. A cord 1'has its ends connected with the holder f, the cord passing through theorifice g and the orifices e. In the construction shown in Fig. 1 thecords h and y' are formed of hollow webbing. Any construction of cord orequivalent de- 1 vice may be used in place of cords h and y'.

In the construction shown in Fig. 2 there is provided at each end ofeach of the shoulder straps a loop I) and an orificed projection j cwith corresponding orificed holders f for the garment securing device,and cord 3' conl nected with the'holders f and shoulder strap projectionc. In this construction the garment securing device is comprises a wirebent to form a loop adapted to engage a button. In this construction thecord 3' is an ordinary twisted cord. The construction shown in Fig. 2 isespecially designed for summer wear where the entire shirt is desired tobe exposed the suspenders being designed to be worn beneath the shirt,each loop being passed I over one of the shoulders and the suspenderssecured at two points to the garment, the garment being provided withbuttons or retaining devices on the band, the garment securing device 75being looped upon the button through the shirt, thus not only holdingthe garment in position but the shirt and garment in constant relationto each other.

With the use of my invention the susponder can adjust itself to thewearer without affecting the garment. Moreover, the wearer has absolutefreedom of movement without affecting the garment.

Having now fully described my invention, what I claim and desire toprotect by Letters Patent is:

j 1. In suspenders in combination, shoulder straps, orificed projectionstherefrom, a holder for a garment securing device, a cord, the

ends of which are secured to said holder between the orificedprojections, said cord passing through the orifices in the shoulderstrap 1 projections.

2. In suspenders, in combination, shoulder straps, orificed projectionshinged thereto, a holder for a garment securing device, a cord, the endsof which are secured to said holder, contiguous to each other, said cordpassing through the orifices in the shoulder strap projections and ametallic looped garment securing device secured to said holder.

3. In suspenders, in combination, shoulder straps, orificed projectionsat each end thereof, a holder for a garment securing devicecorresponding to each end of said shoulder straps, cords, one for eachend of the shoulder straps, the ends of each cord being secured to itscorresponding holder intermediate of the 5 corresponding orificedprojections, and each cord assing through the orifices in the corresponing shoulder strap projections.

In testimony of. which invention, I have hereunto set my hand, atPhiladelphia, on this 30th day of March, 1907.

WILLIAM R. OIPENHEIMER.

Witnesses:

M. M. HAMILTON, A. M. URIAN.

